Colm is a poet and writer from Bray, Co. Wicklow.
His work has appeared in noted literary journals Poetry Ireland Review, The Waxed Lemon, Sonder, The Ogham Stone, The Cormorant Broadsheet and Profiles among others.
He is the recipient of both an Arts Council Agility Award and an Arts Council Literature Bursary. He has taken part in the Poetry Ireland Introductions series, placed runner up in the Irish Writer’s Centre Novel Fair and was highly commended in The Munster Literature Centre Fool for Poetry Competition. Recently he was selected to read at Cork International Poetry Festival as part of The Munster Literature Centre’s Prebooked Poetry Introductions.
He teaches community-based poetry classes and runs local creative writing & poetry workshops.
Colm has an MA in creative writing from the University of Limerick and is a professional member of the Irish Writers Centre.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Creative Writing, University of Limerick (2016)
Bachelor of Design in Visual Communications, IADT (2008)
PUBLICATIONS
POETRY
Mining, Taking Back The House: Poetry Ireland Introductions (2023)
Civilisations, Taking Back The House: Poetry Ireland Introductions (2023)
Portrait #3: Bec, The Waxed Lemon (2023)
Portrait #2: Oscar, Red Line Festival Poetry Competition (2022)
Shannon Fields, The Ogham Stone (2018)
Corner Boy’s Apprentice, The Cormorant Broadsheet, (2018), & The Cormorant (2021)
Mindfulness, Poetry Ireland Review & Poetry on the Dart, Poetry Day Ireland (2018)
PROSE
The Logic of Poetry, Taking Back The House: Poetry Ireland Intros (2023)
Blaze’s Blues, Profiles (2022)
Tir na Nóg, Bray Arts Journal (2015)
Ballroom, The South Circular (2012)
Teaching
A Re-Introduction to Reading Poetry, Greystones Library (2024)
Introduction to Reading and Writing Poetry, Cabinteely Adult Education (ongoing)
A Re-Introduction to Reading Poetry, Ballywaltrim Library (2023)
Beginners Poetry Writing, Ballywaltrim Library (2023)
Volunteer, Fighting Words (ongoing)
Facilitator, Writing group for graduates of UL MA in Creative Writing (ongoing)
Awards
Arts Council Literature Bursary (2024)
Munster Literature Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition (highly commended) (2024)
Poetry Ireland Introductions (2023)
Arts Council Agility Award (2023)
Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair (runner up) (2023)
The Red Line Festival Poetry Competition (highly commended) (2022)
Wicklow Arts Artist One-on-One-Coaching Sessions (2022)